We're having Wednesday a.m. practices at Devereux Beach in Marblehead this Summer, 5:30am to 7am.
'Wrote the haiku after the practice. Since Swimming editor Laura Hamel requested them they have been coming to me after swimming milestones!.

These are a few of the photos of the first mighty 5 YNS Sharks to swim open water practice in 2014. Katelyn Kidney swam it without a wetsuit the whole time, Tommy Gainer had taken his wetsuit out of the drawer after 4 years, it developed a broken seam, so he took his off after the mile. It was extremely choppy but they swam about 2300 yards as the Great Black-backed gull flies! Lt. to Rt., Sean Barow, Katelyn Kidney Lindsay Naggie, Tommy Gainer and Sal Genovese, who said, "thanks for getting us to the ocean Jen," Such a great reward for coaching my great group of swimmers of all levels!